diff --git a/src/HUDMerger/Models/Dependencies.cs b/src/HUDMerger/Models/Dependencies.cs
index 9eb7669..fe620c1 100644
--- a/src/HUDMerger/Models/Dependencies.cs
+++ b/src/HUDMerger/Models/Dependencies.cs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ public class Dependencies
 	public HashSet<string> Events { get; init; } = new(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
 	public HashSet<string> LanguageTokens { get; init; } = new(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
 	public FilesHashSet Images { get; init; } = [];
+	public FilesHashSet PreloadImages { get; init; } = [];
 	public FilesHashSet Audio { get; init; } = [];
 	public FilesHashSet Files { get; init; } = [];
 
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ public void UnionWith(Dependencies other)
 		Events.UnionWith(other.Events);
 		LanguageTokens.UnionWith(other.LanguageTokens);
 		Images.UnionWith(other.Images);
+		PreloadImages.UnionWith(other.PreloadImages);
 		Audio.UnionWith(other.Audio);
 		Files.UnionWith(other.Files);
 	}
diff --git a/src/HUDMerger/Models/HUD.cs b/src/HUDMerger/Models/HUD.cs
index e8a3d90..0534e9a 100644
--- a/src/HUDMerger/Models/HUD.cs
+++ b/src/HUDMerger/Models/HUD.cs
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ public static void Merge(HUD source, HUD target, HUDPanel[] panels)
 			MergeSourceScheme,
 			MergeLanguageTokens,
 			MergeImages,
+			MergePreloadImages,
 			MergeAudio,
 			MergeInfoVDF,
 			CopyFiles
@@ -1101,11 +1102,13 @@ void RemoveBaseSchemeValues(string folderPath, IEnumerable<string> baseFiles)
 
 	private static Action<IHUDFileWriterService>? MergeImages(IHUDFileReaderService reader, HUD source, HUD target, Dependencies dependencies)
 	{
+		IEnumerable<string> images = [..dependencies.PreloadImages, ..dependencies.Images];
+
 		reader.Require([
-			..dependencies.Images.Select((image) => (source, $"{image}.vmt", FileType.VDF)  ),
+			..images.Select((image) => (source, $"{image}.vmt", FileType.VDF)  ),
 		]);
 
-		foreach (string image in dependencies.Images)
+		foreach (string image in images)
 		{
 			dependencies.Files.Add($"{image}.vmt");
 			dependencies.Files.Add($"{image}.vtf");
@@ -1126,6 +1129,72 @@ void RemoveBaseSchemeValues(string folderPath, IEnumerable<string> baseFiles)
 		return null;
 	}
 
+	private static Action<IHUDFileWriterService>? MergePreloadImages(IHUDFileReaderService reader, HUD source, HUD target, Dependencies dependencies)
+	{
+		if (dependencies.PreloadImages.Count == 0)
+		{
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		reader.Require([
+			(target, "resource\\ui\\mainmenuoverride.res", FileType.VDF),
+			(target, "resource\\ui\\mainmenuoverride_preload.res", FileType.VDF)
+		]);
+
+		KeyValues mainmenuKeyValues = reader.ReadKeyValues(target, "resource\\ui\\mainmenuoverride.res");
+
+		KeyValues preloadKeyValues = reader.TryReadKeyValues(target, "resource\\ui\\mainmenuoverride_preload.res") ?? [];
+		KeyValues preloadKeyValuesHeader = preloadKeyValues.Header("Resource/UI/MainMenuOverride_Preload.res");
+
+		bool preloadImagesMerged = false;
+
+		foreach (string image in dependencies.PreloadImages)
+		{
+			string name = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(image);
+			KeyValue keyValue = new()
+			{
+				Key = name,
+				Value = new KeyValues([
+					new KeyValue { Key = "ControlName", Value = "ImagePanel", Conditional = null },
+					new KeyValue { Key = "fieldName", Value = name, Conditional = null },
+					new KeyValue { Key = "visible", Value = 0.ToString(), Conditional = null },
+					new KeyValue { Key = "enabled", Value = 0.ToString(), Conditional = null },
+					new KeyValue { Key = "image", Value = App.PathSeparatorRegex().Replace(Path.GetRelativePath("materials\\vgui", image), "/"), Conditional = null },
+				]),
+				Conditional = null
+			};
+
+			if (!preloadKeyValuesHeader.Any((kv) => kv.Equals(keyValue)))
+			{
+				preloadKeyValuesHeader.Add(keyValue);
+				preloadImagesMerged = true;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (preloadImagesMerged)
+		{
+			int index = mainmenuKeyValues.FindLastIndex((kv) => kv.Key.Equals("#base", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) && kv.Value is string);
+			mainmenuKeyValues.Insert(
+				index != -1 ? (index + 1) : 0,
+				new KeyValue
+				{
+					Key = "#base",
+					Value = $"mainmenuoverride_preload.res",
+					Conditional = null
+				}
+			);
+		}
+
+		return (writer) =>
+		{
+			if (preloadImagesMerged)
+			{
+				writer.Write("resource\\ui\\mainmenuoverride.res", mainmenuKeyValues);
+				writer.Write("resource\\ui\\mainmenuoverride_preload.res", preloadKeyValues);
+			}
+		};
+	}
+
 	private static Action<IHUDFileWriterService>? MergeAudio(IHUDFileReaderService reader, HUD source, HUD target, Dependencies dependencies)
 	{
 		dependencies.Files.UnionWith(dependencies.Audio);
diff --git a/src/HUDMerger/Resources/Panels.json b/src/HUDMerger/Resources/Panels.json
index a4be57c..ce1b03a 100644
--- a/src/HUDMerger/Resources/Panels.json
+++ b/src/HUDMerger/Resources/Panels.json
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 			"HUDLayout": [
 				"HudControlPointIcons"
 			],
-			"Images": [
+			"PreloadImages": [
 				"materials\\sprites\\obj_icons\\icon_base_blu",
 				"materials\\sprites\\obj_icons\\icon_base_red",
 				"materials\\sprites\\obj_icons\\icon_obj_1_blu_locked",
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@
 			"HUDLayout": [
 				"HudObjectiveStatus"
 			],
-			"Images": [
+			"PreloadImages": [
 				"materials\\hud\\cart_alert",
 				"materials\\hud\\cart_arrow_left",
 				"materials\\hud\\cart_arrow_right",